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Prep's Curtis Sittenfeld wrote this novel about how she imagined Laura Bush's life (it involves abortion and fucking dykes too!) and some of my friends have copies but they are bad friends because they lent them to other non-blogging friends before they lent them to me. Curtis has long had a girlcrush on Laura Bush, which I do not totally share but there has got to be a reason Jenna turned out kind of awesome and I think we can all agree it is not the guy who gave her all the appearance genes. Dowd digs it, but I'm most eager to hear from the crew over at WoWoW, since Noonan and co. will probably weigh in on whether Sittenfeld gets their generation "right," and for whatever reason I am really interested in generation gaps this week… [Wonkette]
leftovers
crappy hour
Barack Obama Doesn't Look Too Psyched About That Beer
Fifty thousand people are dead or close to it in Burma, and Barack Obama can state unequivocally that he does not drink designer beer. Seventy five percent of American adults will at some point be impoverished. The average American car owner really must save $30 this summer. Chris Hitchens believes Barack Obama may be pussy-whipped. Ellen Page believes Burmese dictator Than Shwe is a modern Hitler. And when tomorrow comes, Terry McAuliffe believes everyone will be saying that Hillary Clinton did better than they thought she was going to do in both the North Carolina and Indiana primaries tonight. Now there's a statement Glamocracy Megan and I can get behind! After the jump, an unusually hip-hop laden edition of Crappy Hour. More »
news roundup
Laura Bush Talks Myanmar, Marriage
- Laura Bush gave a speech about Burma a.k.a. Myanmar and disaster preparedness and Jenna's wedding. Her lipstick was very well-applied. More than 10,000 people may die as a result of the cyclone. Harry built a limestone altar in Texas especially for the wedding. It will be "permanent" in contrast to many of the structures in Myanmar, where limestone and most other things are in short supply. The ruling junta is holding a referendum this weekend to solidify its control of their dirt- poor, isolated disaster zone and I guess this means they win. Governments that are more efficient when it comes to killing citizens than warning about floods always win in the short term. And also the medium term. [Huffington Post]
- Hey, speaking of nuptials/Third World personalities! Mariane Pearl might be Angelina Jolie's maid of honor. [Times Of India]
- The primary was so ugly, John and Cindy McCain couldn't bring themselves to vote for a candidate in 2000. [Huffington Post]
- Kind of similar situation with John and Elizabeth Edwards and Hillary and Obama. [TPM]
leftovers
Barbie Goes Green; Berlin Sets Up Stalker Center
• From Anya Hindmarch to Barbie, the trend of "Green" handbags has officially run its course. • Prep author naturally turns to Laura Bush for new book. • Juno is on top of the DVD-sales charts, those Hills ads work! • Did you know that we ascribe gender stereotypes to women and men? Groundbreaking! • Norman Mailer's former mistress dishes on sex life for 50 pages. • Lovers too poor to wed cozy up on bridge in Cairo. • India to increase penalties in aborting female fetuses. • Berlin set up a walk-in clinic to help stalkers. • Saudis are slow to accept working women. • Reflecting on meals can curb overeating. • Two fatal accidents at Indian weddings leave 43 dead.
rag trade
Heidi Klum Makes It Work; Designs For Jordache Jeans
- The facts speak for themselves: Heidi Klum is designing a capsule collection for Jordache, for which she has been modeling over the past year. Think she'll offer hair extensions to cover nipples as well? [WWD, sub req'd]
- Kathy Hilton just released her own perfume. It's called "My Secret." We don't really want to think about what Kathy Hilton's secret might smell like. [BellaSugar]
- Gloria Steinem would not approve: Georgina Chapman, Marchesa designer and wife of Halston co-owner Harvey Weinstein, was named "Georgina Weinstein" on her front row seat at Halston yesterday. Only, as Chapman herself put it, "I didn't change my name, they did it for me." [WWD, 1st item]
- Jimmy Choo's CEO Tamara Mellon thinks that boyfriend Christian Slater should take a more active, or acting, role in fashion. Mellon says Slater would be "perfect" to play Halston in any upcoming biopic on the designer. [WWD, 1st item]
hells bells
The (Boozy) Bride Wore White: Planning Jenna Bush's Wedding
So, Jenna Bush is getting married this spring (which is a totally gross, opportunistic way to distract the American public from the war, btw) and her mama, Laura, has commissioned the biggest names in American fashion to submit sketches for her darling daughter's big day. (Think Jenna will get sauced at the reception?) After the jump, check out sketches of the contenders, with comments, suggestions and (not so) gentle urgings. Here stumbles the bride! More »
rag trade
Should Africa Get Royalties For Matthew Williamson's Latest Collection?
- The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office — the same outfit that shook down meek little Starbucks! — is charging British designer Matthew Williamson with the theft of traditional African fabric patterns, to which his rep says: "Historically, Matthew Williamson bases his collections on the idea of a modern girl who is a global traveler. Her style is in part defined by incorporating many different cultures, traditions and customs. Nobody has the right to claim these designs as their own. " [Vogue UK]
- To which the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office replies: "We are very unhappy with the actions of Mr Williamson. These are the dresses of our mothers and grandmothers. They symbolise our identity, faith and national pride. Nobody has the right to claim these designs as their own." [Sassybella]
- Okay, can we just add: it's "his" own, guys. Singular.
- Speaking of intellectual property! Thanks in advance, Elle.com for the pic of Williamson's stylings!
evening purge
Seal And Heidi Klum: But They Make It Look So Easy...
"All politics is marriage." No one actually said that except me, and that was when I was drunk, so I don't know why I wrote that in quotes and it is not as if I am asking to be quoted in some entirely different context saying that in some fancy magazine, but I stand by the original drunk train of thought. All politics is couples who no longer have sex, and if there is one pair of non sex-having companions that can stand up to the coming Martian attacks I think we know who they are. Marriage is getting harder everywhere, as General Ricardo Sanchez inadvertently pointed out when he skewered the administration's (lack of an) Iraq strategy — families in Kabul have resorted to selling their daughters into arranged marraiges starting at age three because everyone's so fucking desperate for cash, while marriage to a post-traumatic veteran turns out to be not much less desperate. Then there's the White House itself, where "on the rare occasions when [Bush] slips into self-pity" over the mess he and Condi and Dick have made of it all, relies on Laura to "snap him out of it." (Yeah, I know, right: Rare? Self-? Sigh.) More »
laura
She may not have made a popular choice with her stupid ass husband, but First Lady Laura Bush sure knows how to pick a dress. Lady Laura and two other guests showed up at this year's annual White House holiday reception in the same festive bright red getup by Oscar de la Renta. All three looked like mothers-of-the bride at a southern Baptist Christmas wedding. At least Laura had the good sense to slip into something a little more comfortable leaving the two other ladies in red to fight it out for the "Who Wore it Best." http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_340210001.html
The first lady sure knows how to pick 'em.
She may not have made a popular choice with her stupid ass husband, but First Lady Laura Bush sure knows how to pick a dress. Lady Laura and two other guests showed up at this year's annual White House holiday reception in the same festive bright red getup by Oscar de la Renta. All three looked like mothers-of-the bride at a southern Baptist Christmas wedding. At least Laura had the good sense to slip into something a little more comfortable leaving the two other ladies in red to fight it out for the "Who Wore it Best." http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_340210001.html
